Data nation’s asset; must be secured: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Data is a nation’s asset and it should be utilised properly for achieving prosperity, especially in sectors like healthcare, agriculture and education, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday. He also said that keeping this in mind, the government has brought a data protection law which is being examined by the select committee of Parliament.

Observing that data must be secured, Prasad said the government had in the first week of December last year approved the Personal Data Protection Bill that will spell out a framework for handling of personal data, including its processing by public and private entities.